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HARRY KELLA.R
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"SATAN, JUNIOR
CHICAGO:
DONOHUE, HENNEBERRY & CO,
407-425 DEARBORN STREET
COPYRIGHTED,
BY HARRY KELLAE-;
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BY
THE AUTHOR
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CONTENTS.
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T-STABT IN LIFE,
XVII, IN AFRICA,
XVIII. HARD LUCK TURNS,
XIX. BEFORE HER MAJESTY,
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XXI SUBSTITUTE FOR JAILS,
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XXII. CHINESE GORDON,
XXIII. AMONG THE KANGAROOS,
" JOHNNY NEWSKY,"
XXIV.
XXV. THE ELEPHANT HUNT,
XXVL IN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA,
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XXVII. KELLAR AND SPIRITUALISM,
XXVIIL AT HIS OLD HOME,
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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A ZULU KRAAL, - 143
SCENES IN THE STREETS OF HEOGO, JAPAN, - - 151
LADIES OF CEYLON, - 157
AN ELEPHANT HUNT CEYLON, - - - - 163
CHAPTER I.
START IN LIFE.
been kinder to him than was his adopted father, but the
attempt to force his inclinations had the effect of making
the career that had been chosen for him more distasteful
than it otherwise would have been.
Young Kellar had seen an occasional sleight-of-hand
performer, and the wonders which these wandering
START IN LIFE. 13
CHAPTER II.
and banderillas.
They salute the judge and audience. All retire
save the mounted picadores. A
large gate is clumsily
flung open. There is an instant's pause, then dashes
into the ring an enormous Spanish bull. Around the
Plaza runs a murmur of admiring applause. What a
superbly magnificent brute ! A
tawny massive head,
strong, sturdy shoulders, and madly enraged, wicked
eyes !He hesitates a moment, then throws up his
head, as if in disdain of the gaping multitude, and
THE BULL FIGHT. 25
ically.
" I
say it is without precedent," repeated the
District Attorney, waving his arms like a windmill.
"
Here comes an attorney and asks for delay that
he may present evidence to prove that his client is
thus:
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Believing death to be at hand, I, Helene Men-
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longings for a life that was not cold, hard and sel-
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'.The society which I met at our house in Paris
I could not call it home
was gradually killing
what little sentiment and tenderness there was left
in me, when I met the Count Ludwig. He was
brought to our house by one of my father's friends
a German. He was the first man I had ever met
since I had become old enough .to understand
human motives who seemed to have an honest re-
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186 WAS IT A CRIME?
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I felt guilty even in the contemplation of the
me.
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I was not unfamiliar with the method of pro-
"NOT GUILTY."
guests.
" You are sure that Mr. Wheeler was hypnotized
by Miss Menton, are you?" asked Mr. Wright.
" There is no doubt of it."
"
No man can say to what extent hypnotism may
be carried. It is one of the most powerful agents
mankind possesses. The world is only awakening
to its uses."
" If
murders are to be done by its aid it is bet-
world continue in ignorance, I think,"
ter that the
Judge.
" We He handed
have," responded the foreman.
a slip of paper to the Clerk who read, aloud:
"Not guilty."
A cheer went up from the audience. No attempt
was made to restore order. Wheeler was hurried
away by Mr. Wright and Mr. Ellersly. Seated in
"NOT GUILTY." 151
surprise.
" Miss Menton, of course. It was a grand sacri-
answered, simply.
And so they were. He placed his easel in the
old drawing room, and his working hours were
spent there. He believed he could feel the pres-
ence of the woman who had spent so many sad and
bitter moments within its walls. The only grief
he had was for the loss of her society. In his
upon his life had unsettled his mind, and yet there
was nothing in his manner to indicate that he was
unhappy. Though more thoughtful than of old,
yet he was as frank and cheerful as ever. He was
not in need of their sympathy.
He Denman, and when he did
rarely thought of
it was without tenderness. The friendship which
had once existed between them was not perpetuated
in memory. He sometimes felt that he owed it to
154 WAS if A CRIME'?
you?"
"
"Why should it? asked Wheeler, turning from
his work, seriously but with evident irritation.
" Of course it should
not," replied Mr. Ellersly,
THE END.
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